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The origin and Evolution of the Earth

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of the following figures represents the age of the earth?

a)

4.6 million years

b)

13.7 billion years

c)

4.6 billion years

d)

13.7 trillion years

2.

Which one of the following is not related to the formation or modification of the present atmosphere?

a)

Solar winds

b)

Differentiation

c)

Degassing

d)

Photosynthesis.

3.

Which one of the following represents the inner planets?

a)

Planets between the sun and the earth

b)

Planets between the sun and the belt of asteroids

c)

Planets in a gaseous state

d)

Planets without satellite(s)

4.

Life on the earth appeared around how

many years before the present?

a)

13.7 billion

b)

3.8 billion

c)

4.6 billion

d)

3.8 million

5.

How many planets are there in the solar system?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

6.

What is the distance between the earth and the sun?

a)

149.6 million km

b)

15.98 million km

c)

169.34 million km

d)

179.67 million km

7.

Which expert gave the nebular hypothesis?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Chamberlain

c)

Laplace

d)

Moulton

8.

Which expert gave the Collision hypothesis?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Sir James and Harold Jeffrey

c)

Chamberlain

d)

Laplace

9.

Which theory is most widely accepted regarding the origin of the universe at present?

a)

Collision hypothesis

b)

Big Bang Theory

c)

Nebular Hypothesis

d)

Binary Theory

10.

What is the diameter of the milky way?

a)

Between 80 thousand to 1,50,000 light-years

b)

Between 1 lakh to 2 lakh light-years

c)

Between 2 lakh to 3 lakh light-years

d)

Between 2,50,000 to 3,00,000 light-years.

11.

Which of the following is not an inner planet?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Mercury

c)

Venus

d)

Earth

12.

By which elements is the terrestrial planets formed?

a)

Liquid elements

b)

Rocks and Metals

c)

Hydrogen and helium

d)

All of the above.

13.

Why are the terrestrial planets rocky?

a)

These planets are smaller

b)

They could not hold the escaping gases

c)

Both a and b

d)

Noe of these